Brazing and soldering practices are one of many areas in the HVACR field where what is commonly practiced isn’t what’s best, and what’s taught doesn’t apply in all cases. Let’s start with the basics.

The processes of brazing, soldering, and welding are often miscategorized as all being welding. In the process of welding, both the edge of the base metal and the filler metal are melted. During ...

Welding is only one part of metalworking. You also can cut steel, using oxygen/acetylene equipment with a special head called a cutting torch. Cutting torches come as part of many consumer-grade gas ...

Multiple tool inserts, typically between 40 and 60, are usually brazed individually onto a single drill bit, especially when used in down-hole fixed-cutter, hammer, or rock drill rebuild and ...

The Torch Man is a new manual brazing-torch unit that features a location jig, gas saver, torch hanger, digital pressure controller, automatic wire feeder, and a temperature sensor.

Brazing techniques play a pivotal role in the fabrication of diamond tools, where the challenge is to achieve robust, durable bonding between diamond abrasives and metallic alloys. Recent innovations ...